Tuesday, February 19, 2013
The Menlo Park Barnes & Noble just resigned their lease for another five years.
It's going to be good news for Woodbridge and area residents. Barnes & Noble will not be closing its Menlo Park Mall store. The Woodbridge Patch story that the bookstore chain will be closing at least 20 stores a year over the next ten years generated a response from the corporation. "We extended the lease on our Menlo Park store through 2018," said B&N spokeswoman Mary Ellen Keating. "We are not closing and plan to serve the community for many years to come." It was a welcome relief for Woodbridge bookreaders. Since Borders closed its last store in Woodbridge Center in 2011, the township with almost 100,000 hasn't had a new bookstore to serve its devoted readers. The Menlo Park Mall B&N store has been the closest book lovers could go to …
Monday, February 18, 2013
Barnes & Noble announced they're going to be shutting unprofitable stores. Will the only bookstore close to Woodbridge be on that list?
In the age of Amazon and ebooks, it was bound to happen. Barnes & Noble's chief executive told the Wall Street Journal that the company will be closing at least 20 stores a year over the next ten years. Until the last fiscal year, the company has been opening an average of 15 stores a year. Now they appear to be closing at least as many, according to a Huffington Post report. Since that WSJ story appeared, Barnes and Noble has been trying to explain what they really meant. The bookseller "is fully committed to the retail concept for the long term,” retail store CEO Mitchell Klipper was quoted in Publishers Weekly. A B&N spokesman told Clark Patch that the Clark Barnes & Noble store - an important store in that township - reassured book …
Friday, June 15, 2012
This the third annual fundraiser at Menlo Park Mall that benefits all schools in the Woodbridge school district.
It's the third annual Barnes & Noble Book Fair, the event that raises money and immerses Woodbridge school kids, their teachers, and parents in books. This year, it's better than ever. The event takes place at the B&N in Menlo Park Mall in Edison and runs from Friday, June 15 through Wednesday, June 20. All book lovers have to do is make a purchase and use the book voucher or number (in this case, ID #10779346) so that the district gets the credit for the purchase. The voucher can be found here for those who'd like to print it out. Books and other items can also be purchased online and the district will still get credit. At the B&N store, there will be a host of events taking place throughout the fair, including giveaways and prizes. …
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
The planner parents and kids need to have to plan from now to the weekend
Welcome to the brand new Grab and Go Kids Planner – your weekly list of the top 5 things to do with the little ones this weekend. We know you’re busy, so we’ve taken the liberty of putting together the five most interesting, unique, or just plain fun events for the family each weekend. Know of a great kid-friendly event going on this weekend that we may have missed? Let us know in the comments! Close Encounters, at the Arts Guild New Jersey in Rahway, features science fiction-themed artwork by eight local artists. Included in the exhibit is a 6 foot tall robot sculpture as well as other paintings and sculptures in a variety of mediums. An exhibit on the colonial farmer's life, as told through storytelling, featuring the book "Ox Cart …
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6:49 am on Tuesday, February 19, 2013
I've patronized this store for many years and am happy to hear it will still be around. Be aware that also within an easy drive we have one of the best used bookstores in the universe with the 'Cranbury Bookworm' in downtown Cranbury . I went there with my dad for the first time a half a century ago and and continue to go there regularly. more ›